Word Meaning 五更

ごこう gokou

五更 is read as ごこう (gokou) and means the five night watches.

Meaning

English

  1. the five night watches
  2. fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)

Reading

Kana

ごこう

Romaji

gokou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 115909 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

五感

ごかん

the five senses

五十三次

ごじゅうさんつぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

五人組

ごにんぐみ

five-family unit

五月晴れ

さつきばれ

fine weather during the rainy season

五内

ごだい

the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

五本指

ごほんゆび

five-toed (socks)

五七調

ごしちちょう

five and seven-syllable meter

五公五民

ごこうごみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

五加

ごか

fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)

五指

ごし

the five fingers

五指に入る

ごしにはいる

to be among the top five